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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-20

There ~ a young woman IN AsNrlghi,
y. y, who 4 totally blind 10y day but can
SEQ perfectly we'll IN the dark, She will be
q trrsurc lur some fortunate man. When
she sis up for him ut night Whom hc = de
iaincd by pressing business attic club just
think what a saving in gus She Will De able
Ia make. Boston Transcript.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-20

Now. although these mon may have
been nilli~icd with chronic diseases, ~ lhc
superintendent claims. he would harlly
Rssgri lhli they were more diseased Than
the Ms ivippi vunyiris previous 10 ihc
adoption oi tie leasing system. | there.
fore rive. ~ basis " comparison. the
donih rlc Of the hiaic pcul,cnuary irOm
1851 10 1859. iurlutiVr,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Inherent Love of Jewelry.

There seems to be an inherent love of
jewelry in the human breast. and it takes
a strong hand to keep an inordinate dis
play of it in all kinds out of the dress of
all conditions of people. That it has been
seen so little in public places of late years
is perhaps as marked tribute to the
strength of fashion hand as to the cult
walton of good taste among all grades Of
people.
Savages. as we have said. have been
known to part with all they had, even to
their children, for tinsel gewgaws and
cheap jewelry. Bunko men say that in
going through the country to swindle and
cheat people out of money, nothing so
tickles the senses and rouses the desire of
possession in the majority of people like
cheap jewelry. Hotel clerks always give
the best room to the man who sports the
most jewelry, and the woman with the
diamond rings gets the most attention
from the walters. Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22

One of the most interesting incidents
Of the late war is told of Gen. Lytle Just
before he received his fatal wound at
Chickamauga. He had made his bril-
liant charge into the midst of the enemy
where all chances of retreat We're cut off.
Suddenly he thrust his hand into his coat
pocket, drew forth pair of kid gloves
and began putting them on. Asked by
an aid the reason for this movement. so
unexpected under such thrilling circum-
stances, the general answered: Don t
you see that we are surrounded, and that
there are but two alternatives left us-to
die or surrender? For my part. pro-
pose to die like gentleman. He drew
on his gloves and soon after fell. Those
who knew Gen. Lytle in Cincinnati knew
him to be almost punctilious about the
appointments of a gentleman, but no one
ever supposed him capable of such incom-
parable GOODNESS. Leader.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
BUTTERTHAT REFUSES TO COME

When butter maker has but one COW,
or only a few cows, the usual difficulty
when butter won't come is that the cream
is kept too long to get enough for chnrn-
ing so that it gets too old and sour.
This may be avoided by adding milk
enough to make the necessary bulk and
churning oftener When it is desirable
to keep cream, sailing it heavily will help
preserve it and make churning easier.
When there is habitual trouble about
churning, scalding the new milk by set
ting it over kettle of boiling water will
help the cream to rise and make the
churning easy.
When the cream is in proper condition,
churning is largely question of temper
ature There is seldom case in which
butter will not come at some degree. Late
in the milk season. when the churning
gradually grows more difficult a gradual
rise of temperature in the cream when
churning generally proves a remedy. 1t
is sometimes found necessary to run up
as high as seventy degrees. The butter
in such cases is poor. but poor butter is
better than none. Occasionally cream
will defy every effort. even when it seems
to be of the proper age and temperature.
In such cases, it has recently been sug-
gested that the cream has an unusual
chemical condition which suggests vine
gar as remedy; but have not had an
opportunity to test the suggestion. If
our correspondent or any one else has a
churning that proves too stubborn for
every other meaus. let him thoroughly
mix good cider vinegar at the rate of Il
pint to four gallons of cream at siXty-two
degrees. and after letting it stand half an
hour. churn and report Professor LIB.
Arnold.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
The Clever Neapolitans.

A friend of ours residing in Naples
brought with him an excellent Capri
cook who had answered every purpose at
Sorrento; but he was found to be quite
useless i'll Naples because he was always
beng done" in his marketing. On one
occasion he purchased loin of mutton
with the kidneys specially ordered; but
10! in the place of the kidneys was a
bundle of straw This was only discov-
cred when presented at table. Our own
experience fully bears out this story.
Our woman cook purchased what APP
peared to be beautiful fowl On ex-
animation it turned ont to be the skin
niest of its species blown out with wind
In purchasing fish. too, one has to use
the utmost circumspection. 1t is a COM
mon fraud for fish dealers to take out the
eye of an inferior fish which happens to
be fresh and skillfully insert it in the
orbit of a more esteemed kind which
happens to be stale. With a little fresh
blood smeared in the gills it would de-
ceive any one but a thoroughbred Nea-
polltan. Murray's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Superstitions About Bees.

1t is amusing to note the superstitions
and fancies concerning bees which have
existed at different times some of which
still have their faithful adherents in rural
places. There is in Lincolnshire, Essex
and Cornwall, in England. a superstition
that bees desert hive on the occasion of
a death in family. unless Informed Of
it by rapping on the hive. The belicf
that hives should be wrapped in mourn
ing is current in Lincolnshire. In North
ampton the entrance of a bee into a cot
tage is deemed a certain sign of death,
and if a swarm of bees alight on dead
tree or dead branch of a tree, there
will be death within year In York
shire there is custom of inviting bees
to the funeral. These were doubtless
originated from an observation of the fact
that bees are attracted by the scent of
fresh varnish. working on superstitious
minds. 1t is said by some that bees will
never live in a quarrelsome family.
What blessing if among beekeepers such
an idea would quell all rising feelings of
difference in the family.
Some think they will not thrive if
stolen, while in other places it is consid-
Sith uilluNhN w l'uANlit'S' 'Nto' 'iiut 'iiN
only way to get them is to have them
given, catch wild swarm, or to steal
them. Acting on this silly superstition,
we have known good people to go to a
neighbours house. take a hive of bees
without his knowledge. and leave in pay
ment some other goods. thinking that
ill luck would follow them if money
be paid. In this superstition there is a
shade of truth. Among such people bees
are got from their nearest neighbors in
summer, when bees are flying freely,
and carried quietly home. OF course the
old bees return to the old stand the next
day, and the removed hive is ''unlucky,
because weak in bees for some time until
it can recuperate. If the colony has
already swarmed, as is often the case,
the remaining bees are too few to build it
up in a good swarm that season, The
observation of results without a knowl-
edge of the cause or the method of pre-
venting it gave rise to the superstition in
minds already inclined thereto. The Geor-
GIGS of Virgil contain common supersti-
tions at that early period. This writer with
others. attributes the virtue of Hanging
to attract bees to qualities implanted in
them by Jupiter that distinguish them
from solitary bees and other insects
Rev. j. W. Shearer in Beekeepers Mag
azinp
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Two Million Glass Eyes.

a German paper makes the astounding
statement that more than 2, 1000, 900 glass
eyes are made every year in Germany
and Switzerland, while one French house
manufactures 300. 900 of them annually.
The pupil is made of colored glass, and
sometimes red lines are painted on the
inner surface, to simulate the veins. The
largest number of these eyes are bought
by laborers, who are exposed to fire and
are consequently liable to lose an eye
An artificial eye rarely lasts more than
five years as the secretions of the lach-
rymal glands cloud the surface of the
glass. DR.. Magnus has pointed out that
the expression of the eyes is almost solely
due to the movements of the upper eye
lids: and that is the reason that we may
see a man with a glass eye a hundred
times before we discover his infirmity.-
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Sarn Copies.
GROWING POTATOES.

We find it most profitable to use super
phosphate with our potatoes, keeping the
manure for putting in the other crops and
dressing the meadows. Phosphate is ap-
piled very quickly in the hill. in this way
sprinkling it over space ten inches
square where we plaut; and it also pro-
duces better quality of potatoes, with
less liability to rot. For the past three
or four years we have used at the rate of
three or four hundred pounds of phosphate
to the acre on about all the potatoes we
have planted.
We have also found sod ground to be
best for potatoes, and the best of all con-
ditions for a good crop would be to have
a thick, strong sod, like an old meadow
or pasture, on a fertile soil, and use a
large quantity of phosphate-for the
largest crop perhaps 700 or 800 pounds to
the acre would pay. Sod ground is gen.
orally better than that which has been
cultivated, as it possesses more life, and
will usually grow a better crop. This
would come about the nearest to nature
as it would bring the soil new and
healthy. When our lands are new we
can raise good potatoes, but after they
have been cropped for considerable time
and become lifeless and hard, the chance;
for potatoes are pretty poor. Manurins
upon such lands is not profitable to bring
the best crop in one year, but they neeC
laying down to grass and other treat
ment, perhaps, quite as much as the man
uring, but after they have been in gras
for a considerable time, have been man
ured freely perhaps, and have cut gooC
deal of hay, been worked up AM
loosened by worms, weather ant
other causes, and also by the growth
of vegetation and by animal growth
such as insects decaying in it, the,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22

The principal part played by trees in
popular mythology is in connection with
transformation scenes. there being obvi-
ously no greater difficulty in conceiving
the sudden conversion of human being
into tree than into a rock or a star. In
the Tvrol you may still see an Alpine
rose which sprang from the blood of a
girl who in the defense of her innocence
lost her life. Then there is an Austrian
tale of a girl whom. for falling in love
with soldier, her mother cursed into a
maple tree her body became rough. her
skin turned to bark, her hands to
branches and her hair to leaves. Near
Nuremberg are three trees which We're
originally mailens who decoyed strangers
to a wood and there robbed and muir
dered them: they We're at last struck by
lightning and turned into trees. and their
cries may still sometimes be heard after
the evenings bells have ceased to ring
In a certain state of culture there is
nothing incredible in this kind of occur
renee.
All through the middle ages stories of
conversion into trees abound. An AL
satan girl, praying constantly to the
Virgin that she may remain unmarried
is turned into a lime tree which stands
near church dedicated to the Virgin
Or again. Charlemagne, having de-
feated and slaughtered number of Sara
Gems, wishes to bury both friends and
foes, yet to separate the Christians from
the intidels, in his perpleXity he prays
earnestly one night, and the next morn
ing beholds the body of the enemy
changed into thorn trees.-Gentleman S
Magazine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Little Hope for BaIlooning.

On the whole, it may be said from the
present light upon the subject that there
is not much hope for ballooning, and I'M
der any circumstances it can never be a
popular mode of travel. No amount of
precaution will ever make it safe, and it
is attended by countless perils-of the
air, of the land and of the sea. The dis
comforts are extreme. Nor is there any
thing to be gained by it. The best use
to which it can be turned is its employ
ment as means of escape from be-
leaguered city. Occasionally there will
he balloon ascensions as a means of
startling the public, but for all practical
purposes the science is likely to remain
where it is.-Baltimore News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22

come in condition to produce beau
tiful crop, when the proper amount
of phosphate is used. 1t requires some
good fertilizer to make the soil good.
Barnyard manure of course is good
and contains the best ingredients that we
want, in large proportions, perhaps
more than the phosphate. but the phos-
plate often has the most marked effect
for the first year, and have decided up
on this particular manure for potatoes.
would use barnyard manure (Which |
value as highly as any man with more
paying results Oh other CROP Cor.
Country Gentleman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Che Pousel,olo.
MORE CLEAN THAN ODDLY.

The woman who i "a absorbed in ber
bousevorll ms to chronicle events bv nor
inc that Harry died ON fin securing dnv.
thar Jimmy was married on general
swceniuo day. or thot susie was norm ON
window WASHING morninU-remembe
revretfullv thar rhe window wnshinS
WA. therefore observation-disclosures give her
family a very GOOD house to live in. Inf
not an attractive home. In n home we
exnect 10 find the nearest npproximotion
to romfort thotis allowed the uuh.,,nv
jewellers on his beuighted sphere: IN n
home we want a place where we may law
aside the irksome restraints which ,ocie-
~ imposes upon us-where we may he nt
ease at least ten minutes out of the four
teen hundred and forty minutes of the
dav and where we may enjoy something
like rest. And oh my dear overworled
sister. how much of this comfort. this
ease. this rest do YOU permit YOUR poor
family to have: Henry crowds his bust
ness into fewer hours and comes M from
the office earlier than usual Thinking TO
enjoy drive with YOU. Rash man, He
find, the front porch filled with the par
lor furniture. the maid of all work down
on her knees vigorously APPLYING a pol
ishing cloth. and vou-vour head en-
wrapped in a towel-leaninp our of the
window IN a breakneck position. endeav-
oring to sweep down the cobwebs that
exist chiefly il your brain. He swallows
the disapnointment which the first
glimpse of home induces. and bravelv
venturing all. tells YOU to take off that
Towel. mt ON your bonnet and shawl and
come with him. And You Won turn on
him a look Of mingled scoru and re-
proach and indicating the confusion
round about with a lofty wave of vour
broom. exclain contem,tuouslv: ..'rhis
looks like driving. doesn't it:''
NV erring housewife. your husband
may. i'm despar. 90 for some vounoer.
handsomer woman to drive with him'and
there are un,haritable uersons i'm the
world who will not pity YOU if he does,
for this is not the only 'ti1ne thar neotnes :
has conficted with comfort--that the
hnuse has nrored an insurmo,ntnhla Oh
stacle in the way of happiness. Henry
has fen minutes after dinner. he seots
himself and resolves to resi- for thar snace
of time. Youlool tired. The martvred
air with which YOU have carried vourself
durino the meal has irritoted him He
dnas wish liar Won womb sir down
FOO and let tIe ho,lse 90 to tbe dogs If
. If mist throuUh ten minutes IF Shear
idleness Bu; no: with weary fnotstens
Won drao valr.elf unstairs and down
3cain, annea,ino in a sunhonnat Nnt
roo nleo snntlr. fe inouires ..What ara
Won CoinC RI 10 now J" With loan ot
Are exnressi,n. YOU beroicallv renIv thot
Won are ooino out TO nron mn that frelIis
In the hack y.rd. It's leaning over and
| looks dilanid,ted: and when Won have =
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
STATE OF vERMONT-District of Adj

Be it remembered, that at a session of the
probate court holden at Middleburv, within
and tor said district on the LIST day OF July, A.
ID. leS1.
Present, Hon. Lyman +. Knapp, Judge.
4 COPY OF the last will and testament OF
Elan X. Jewett, late of Buffalo, county OF
Erie, and State of New York, deceased, duly
proved and allowed in and by the surrogate's
court, within and for said county, and tor
the last will and testament OF said deceased,
being presented TO this court, that said copy
may be duly filed and recorded in the probate
court tor the district of Addison, aforesaid,
agreeably to the statute in such case made
and provided. Therefore, IL is ordered, that
all persons interested in the estate OF said
deceased be notified to appear before said
Court, at the Probate Office in Middlebury, in
said district on the 25th day OF July, \. ID.
lss7, at 10 o'clock a. m, by publication of this
order, three weeks SUCCESSFULLY previous
thereto, in the Middlebury Register, IA news
paper printed nj Middebury aforesaid, TO
show cause il any they may have, why said
will of said deceased should not be allowed
as the last will and testament of said deceas'
ed in this state, and duly recorded in this
court, according to the law in such case made
and provided.
p LYMAN +. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
Old Roman Relics.

The Stakeholder of Dalmatia has be-
gun the excavations of an old Roman
city, Aperia, in the district of cara, and
city. Dalmatia is about the only dis
trict where Roman coins, gems and
canoes are still found in large quantities.
The peasants dig them up while blowing
and sell them to tourists and the officers
garrisoned in those parts.-New York
Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22
CAUTION.

Consumers should not confuse our Specific
Nth the numerous limitations, substitutes,
potash and mercury mixtures which are got.
ten up TO sell, not on their oson merit, but on
the merit Of our remedy. An imitation Is
al,oays a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive
only as they can steal from the article initiated.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dissass mailed
free. For sale By all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
D,duer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22

Even Buddha, says Hindu proverb.
''was once a cart horse and carried the
loads of other men,"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-27
Cannibalism of Rats,

AT South KenSington the ioyelicst sub
urb OF London, the inhabitants are suf-
fering from an immense influx Of rats.
and no Pied Piper of IIamlin can rid
them of the pests. 1t is in this pretty
SPOT that the annual exhibitions are held,
when. with an enormous attendance. the
consumption of viands is ON a Gargan-
tuan scale. AT such periods the rodents
will not look at a trap but live on the fat
Of the land, but when the exhibition is
closed and the edible If all kinds have
been removed, they become reckless, and
rush into the traps as fast as they are set,
paying no attention TO their situation
until they have devourcd the bait.
When their hunger has endured some
time, they revert 10 %cannibalism, falling
always upon the young and weak menu
bers Of the rat community, and destroy
ing them SO utterly that, Nature says,
at the present time there cannot be
found a single young rat in the building.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-27

In the first place, there is the presenta-
ton smile Of society. You are presented
TO a lady, who not only bows to show
that she puts herself at your feet. and
perhaps gives her hand to show that she
does not mean to pull hair or scratch II
still follow the doubtless correct cvolu-
ton theory Of cercmonialst. but she
- smiles and smiles To show that her
mood is one Of sweet amiability, and that
you are therefore, for the present, safe.
Then there is the pretty, pcurly. rip
ping laugh. with which your nut
brown - anccdutc. which has been heard
already twice this evening. i, received.
Here, certainly, there is no pcnt up cas-
cade of emotion that seeks for an outlet.
The sweet lady laugh is partly for your
sake, that YOU may feel the soft thrill of
self applause and partly for her own.
because she knows she laughs well. She
pulls il exactly as if il were a stop in an
organ.
Then there is the bitter laugh of the
sad. sad young man, who wishes To inn
press upon your mind the hollowness
that all things have for him; and the
well managed smile of Jacques, the elder
cyniC. who thinks thus to withrr -FOUR
youthful aspirations and at the same
time 10 suggest his own unfathomed
deeps Of cruel disillusion. Atlantic
MOnthlv Contributor Club.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-27
Wednesday, April AZ, 1887.

FOLLOWING is section 1 OF the new
rules and regulations promulgated by
the commissioner of agriculture for
the suppression Of contagious diseases
among cattle. These rules were in
force after April Is, 1887: when the
chief of the bureau Of animal industry
is satisfied Of the existence Of any con
tagious disease among domestic ami
mails in any locality Of the United
States. and especially of pleuro-pneu-
monia, aud that there Is danger Of
said disease spreading to other states
or territories, he will report the same
10 the COMMISSIONS. of agriculture,
who will quarantine said locality In
the mode and hi a. provided in
rule II. He shall cause a thorough
examination of all animals of the
kind diseased in said locality, and all
such animals found diseased be will
caus ID be slaughtered. He shall es-
tablish a quarantine for u period Of
not less than ninety days OF all AMI
mals that have come in contact with
diseased animals. or have been on
premises or in buildings. on or in
which diseased animals have been. or
have been in any way exposed TO di,-
ease; and shall make and enforce all
such sanitary regulations as the XII
gencies OF the case may require. He
will cause TO be disinfected ia such
manner a. he deems best all sheds,
corrals, yards, barns, and buildings in
which diseased animals have been,
and until such premises and buildings
have been 80 disinfected and declared
free from contsgiou by a certificate in
writing signed by Al inspector Of the
bureau of animal industry no animal
or animals shall be permitted TO go
upon or into said premises or builo.
ings. Should. however, any animal or
animals be put upon said premises or
into said buildings in violation OF this
rule and regulation, then such ami
NAL or animals shall be placed ia
quarantine for a period of NOT less
than ninety day., aud said premises
or buildings be again disinfected.
said second disinfection and the quar-
antine ,f-uch animals to be at the ex.
pense of the owner of said premises or
building"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-27
The American and the Oriental.

The eastern fatalist not only submits TO
misfortune without a murmur. but faces
death with iron composure. lie has the
mind Of Hamlet concerning il: III IL
be now, It's not TO come, if 1t lc not TO
come, it will be now; il it he not now,
yet il viii come. The readiness is nll!''
The American, on the other hand, in
his eagcrn"ss 10 set the whole world
right, qunrrcls with inevitable disaster,
rs with trivial wrongs. and IL too often
ready Ia call on God 10 explain TO his
satisfaction the mysterious workings Of
the universe. Even with the help Of his
Christianity, his behavior is often that Of
q petulant child compared with the grave
submission Of the Asiatic to destiny.
-Youth's Companion.